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Only 200 cases have been produced and will be sold at the winery for $27.99. The post Announcing the Next Story for Narrative Wines from Summerland, BC first appeared on My VanCity.

Our August newsletter is out. This month: a huge leap forward for cover crops in California, a new Water Management guide we think every grower should bookmark, regenerative wines showing up in Whole Foods, plus films, podcasts, new science on birds, bees and cover crops, and diary dates from Santa Barbara to Bordeaux. Read it…

Burgundy is the home of Pinot Noir and perhaps the world’s most place-obsessed wine region. One grape, a landscape of limestone, clay and marl – yet the wine can change from plot to plot. Pinot Noir is thin-skinned and relatively delicate. It does not have the weight of Cabernet Sauvignon or the tannic muscle to…

Eight wineries from Ontario and British Columbia will come together as ‘Team Canada’ for the country’s first dedicated pavilion at the annual Wine & Dine Festival Eight Canadian wineries from Ontario and British Columbia are heading to Hong Kong this fall, coming together as Team Canada for the country’s first-ever dedicated pavilion at the 2026…

Monday, September 28th: Dinner grilled salmon with The Long Way Home Riesling 2024 (produced at Crush on King, Niagara Custom Crush Studio). Straw colour with a hint of lime; grapefruit bouquet with a thread of minerality; medium-bodied, crisple dry, green apple and grapefruit flavours. Beautifully balanced and great length. (91) Tuesday, September 29th: No wine!…

Château La Gaffelière: History and Portfolio Château La Gaffelière stands immediately south of the medieval village of Saint-Émilion, on the road rising from the Dordogne plain toward the limestone heights of the town. Ausone lies to the west and Pavie to the east, placing La Gaffelière within a small concentration of celebrated vineyards along the…

Chef Alexandre Vachon and beverage director Joanie Métivier bring Québec terroir and a world-reaching cellar together at Le Hatley, recipient of VineRoutes’ Vine Award for Best in Distinction in 2026 At Le Hatley, the sense of place starts close to home. One of its signature dishes begins with something as small as a duck egg.…

In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time.  I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’. It will be similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature wines…

VISA Infinite Wine Country Tour South Okanagan While clouds closed in and the rain began to fall as we neared Liquidity Wines, VISA Infinite participants remained jubilant. No one whined about the liquid asset of moisture in the Okanagan region after the hot, dry, wildfire-punctuated summer.    Through the gates past the tranquil sculpture garden…

Tonight’s sparkling wine reviews are a pair of lovely bubblies that arrived at the LCBO as part of the feature on “Local Wines You’ll Love” from Ontario in last month’s September 12th LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. Both of these wines are produced by Kew Vineyards, a hidden gem in Niagara’s wine country history situated…